The vegetable system. : Or, The internal structure and the life of plants; their parts, and nourishment, explained; their classes, orders, genera, and species, ascertained, and described; in a method altogether new: comprehending an artificial index, and a natural system. ... / By John Hill, ...
John Hill (1714-1775)
Category
Books
Date
1773
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3242015.8
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 15-16 ; fol. Vol. 15, plate 23 is loose and has been trimmed. Manuscript pencil notes [from observations?] at foot of vol. 16, plates 52-4. Provenance: No marks of provenance. Binding: Eighteenth-century polished tree sheep over boards on six recessed cords, gilt spine tooling, olive-green and black spine labels, Greek key border roll on covers, gilt rolls on board edges and inners, yellow painted edges, pale blue silk bookmark.
Makers and roles
John Hill (1714-1775), author John Hill (1714-1775), artist